Another Eden story · Main Story 2 Part III
Chapter 75: Three Aldos: Faraway Friends that Conquered Time
Aldo and his friends defeat KMS's attack force above the Satellite Stadium preventing a horrible disaster. After this victory, Master and the Gallery Master reveal their true identities! However, Aldo's journey is far from over as his team sets out to uncover the mystery of the Tomb of the Gods emerging from the seas.
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Begin Tales from the East Part III: Conclusion?
Long time no see, Aldo.
M-Master?!
We are... Master and I are you. Your future self, Aldo.
Wh-Whaaaaat?! I-I have... Three brothers?!
Now we have everyone here.
Indeed. You've done well to get this far, Aldo. Your friends, too.
But, you, Master, and you, Gallery Master, you're...
You're my brother as a grown man... And my brother as an old man? How can this be?
Yeah, I'm still half in doubt about the whole thing.
Ah, wait a second. We'll show you.
What the!
WHOA! It's true?!
I see. Then we really do have three Aldos, each from a different era, and each of a different age.
Evidently this trinity of Aldo has carried out a time-based attack!
Hmm... This must mean that the two both came here from their own future spacetimes.
Yes, that's the short version of it. As I may have mentioned before, I built Time's Forgotten Stop when my adventures had run their course. I thought I should settle down and help all those people lost in time. But before I could do that, I had to take someone from Xeno-Domain along with me.
Someone from Xeno-Domain?
Yes. Someone you know quite well.
Professor Chronos and his family. They've all been through such a great deal...
How did it come to this...
I know, Aldo... So what d'you want with I, the genius Ashtear?
Ashtear?!
Do you mean the young Professor Ashtear? The genius behind the quantum holographic theory? The one who vanished after developing the dream-like metal, Ashterium?
That's right. I asked her to make a device that could temporarily open up a gate in time and space. Ashtear called it the Gate Holder. With that, I was able to come and go through spacetime, pretty much as I pleased.
Ashtear really is incredible!
Do you remember when Vares crossed time and space and came to Hydra unexpectedly? I was actually moving things behind the scenes. I'd told him in no uncertain terms not to ever mention my name.
Wait. If you're both future versions of me...
Then you must know about my future! And what happens to us!
Tell me! What happens with Professor Madoka and Eden? Can we save them?
Aldo... I'm sorry, but we cannot tell you that.
What? Why?
Knowing the future brings the possibility of that future changing. You must not find out anything about your own future. The only way for you to live your life is to deal with things as they happen. Just as myself and the Gallery Master have done. Do you understand, Aldo? I am in the same position as you in this point.
I don't know what's going to happen to me in the future. It would be a huge mistake to assume that because the Gallery Master is alive, that means I don't die in the future. Perhaps I'll make the wrong choice someday, and I'll shift onto a time axis in which the Gallery Master doesn't exist. We just have to do the best we can, and carve out our own paths.
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In which case, the key to all this must be the Chapel of the Goddess of Time.
Yes... I wonder where it disappeared to? And Lady Himika and Professor Madoka along with it...
As I say, neither myself nor the Gallery Master can tell you the whereabouts of the chapel. Please don't hate me... But there is someone who can tell you about that without worry.
You're incorrigible! What are you doing here?
What a nice way to way hello. Don't you want to know where the chapel disappeared to? Also, I am no longer the new-generation Neo Phantom. I exist merely as Phantom. Remember that.
Do you know something, then?
The Chapel of the Goddess of Time has been swallowed up by the Underworld. A realm covered in darkness, existing in yet another Spacetime Rift to this one.
The Underworld, you say?
Go to the forgotten land, to the west of Gadaro in Antiquity. There, you will find a rift in space and time that leads to the Underworld.
Why are you telling us this? What's your aim here?
Okay... If that's all, we'll accept. Though I can't help but think you're up to something again.
Do your very best, before the world is covered in the darkness of time...
We'll be counting on you. Find the Chapel of the Goddess of Time, and save Professor Madoka and Himika. I'll be praying for your good fortune.
The underworld is said to be on the other side of this world. Take care, and good luck everyone!
Thanks, you two. We'd better be off then.
How could the Master and Gallery Master be older versions of me? It's weirding me out.
Right... It's gonna make me all tense whenever I see them now.
Shall we depart, Aldo? Phantom said that this underworld we seek is to be found west of Gadaro in Antiquity.
Yeah, he did. Let's go! Let's head to this new spacetime and find the Chapel of the Goddess of Time!
Another Dungeon: Future Garulea Continent has been unlocked.